My boy went through a phase wanting long hair. I told him he could grow it as long as he wanted, but he'd have to brush it every day. He decided that was too much work. (Unrelated to the hair cutting incident lol)
My boy did that when he was 6 or 7. Unfortunately I lost the pics 😔
It was so bad. Really really bad lol. He made himself half bald. I had to shave his head right down.
One of the most impactful moments of my life was when I was in grade 10 and a ww1 reenactor came to our school. He really brought the atrocity of war to life. I will never forget that.
The history we're living right now is pretty effed up and dark. I don't see how teaching kids about dark events from the past, in an age appropriate way, is a bad thing.